I wake up every day and truthfully ask myself:
“The only thing that I miss about my corporate career is ….. [long pause, silence]”
Nope. Nothing. Nada. Not a whisper. Not a word. Not even a shadow of a thought stirs in my soul. [Read more…] about 14 Ugly Truths on Being an Entrepreneur
Welcome back to Episode #43 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is How to Explain Your Unconventional Lifestyle. How do you do this where you don’t give in to the status quo and without apologizing for living life differently and at the same time, without offending anyone and without coming across as defensive, or rude or preaching about it? That’s the challenge that we are going to unravel today. [Read more…] about Episode 43: How to Explain Your Unconventional Lifestyle
Spring is here. The mornings are crisp. The breeze is intoxicating. The trees show off a lushness and richness that is a feast to the eyes, even if you have seen it a thousand times before.
And life is good, very good indeed, despite anything and everything that you may have going on. All it takes is you believing it to be so. A little trick of nature, a little game of the universe, a little irony for our own good. Life is Good if you just believe it to be good.
That’s just it, isn’t it? What things we believe, what thoughts we think, what stories we tell ourselves. That becomes our very reality. In theory, it is so simple that we must all be fools to think a single negative thought at any instant in time – and yet, human nature has endowed us with endless challenges. [Read more…] about Discover Your Higher Self: Get Your 21-Step Confidence Building Series
There are days that I look at myself and wonder how – just how – I summoned this unabashed, undaunted, unstoppable soaring confidence to keep me the most loyal company day and night, rain or sunshine, good or bad days. How did I manage to quiet the constant chatter of those fears and insecurities and trade them in for the honesty, the inner peace and the true strength that is confidence.
If my confidence were a character in a play, it’d be Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew in Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, …. except without the taming. My confidence is wild, indomitable, obstinate, and now that I have set it free, it will not take no for an answer! [Read more…] about Trading in Your Insecurity and Doubt for Self-Confidence: 8 Starter Tips
In my lovely Iranian culture, where the power of positive thinking and inner peace hardly makes an appearance, I grew up seeing the terrible impact of this mindset around me all the time: Some people were apparently born lucky and others, well, not so lucky.
“We are each responsible for all of our experiences.”
Louise Hay
I would hear grown ups talk about how “lucky” this person is and how sadly this other person’s life turned out. How someone ended up with their own company or rich by marriage and oh how it was always about “luck”!
It was really scary to think of myself tossed into the well of life and swished around uncontrollably as I waited with baited breath to see if life spits me out as lucky or unlucky. “Oh God, please let me be the “lucky” kind.” I would beg in my childhood prayers, “I don’t like the stuff they say about the “unlucky” ones!” [Read more…] about The Power of Positive Thinking: 22 Thoughts to Change Your Life
I am Farnoosh, the founder of Prolific Living. So glad you are here. My mission is to empower you to unblock your creative genius to live your dream life.
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